The Last Tinker: City of Colors
2014 action-adventure-platform video game
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The Last Tinker: City of Colors is a 2014 German action-adventure-platform video game developed by Mimimi Productions. It was published by for Microsoft Windows, OS X and Linux on 12 May 2014.[2][3][1] A PlayStation 4 version was handled by Loot Interactive, and released digitally on the PlayStation Store on August 19, 2014, in North America and August 20, 2014, in Europe and Australia.[4] A retail version published by Dutch publisher Soedesco was released in May 2015 in Europe and in March 2016 in North America.
Loot Entertainment (PS4)
Soedesco (Retail version)
Daedalic Entertainment (PC)[1]
| The Last Tinker: City of Colors | |
|---|---|
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| Developer | Mimimi Productions |
| Publishers | Unity Games (PC) Loot Entertainment (PS4) Soedesco (Retail version) Daedalic Entertainment (PC)[1] |
| Director | Dominik Abé |
| Producer | Johannes Roth |
| Designers | Martin Hamberger Mortiz Wagner |
| Programmers | Dominik Abé Johannes Roth Maximilian Auer |
| Artists | Bianca Dörr Cem Erdalan Lucas Reiner Florian Smolka |
| Writers | Dominik Abé Martin Hamberger Dennis Huszak Johannes Roth Mortiz Wagner |
| Composer | Filippo Beck Peccoz |
| Engine | Unity |
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| Release | |
| Genre | Action-adventure |
| Mode | Single-player |
The player controls a young anthropomorphic monkey named Koru as he rises, using color and emotion, from his home in the slums of Colortown to stand against the "Bleakness", a force trying to wipe out all joy and life from the world.[1] An Xbox One port of the game was planned, but was cancelled due to poor sales on the PlayStation 4 version.[4]
Gameplay
The Last Tinker: City of Colors is inspired by classic platform game series like Jak and Daxter or Banjo-Kazooie while breaking the format by not having a jump button.[1] The game is described as "a vivid journey through Colortown, a world built upon creativity, emotion and collaboration".[1]
Reception
The Last Tinker: City of Colors received mixed reviews and the Deutscher Computerspielpreis 2015 for best game design. Aggregating review websites GameRankings and Metacritic gave the Windows version 75.63% based on 27 reviews and 72/100 based on 41 reviews[5][6] and the PlayStation 4 version 67.25% based on 20 reviews and 66/100 based on 19 reviews.[7][8]
In a positive review, Matt Beaudette of Hardcore Gamer rated the game a 4/5, calling it "a hard game to hate" and said the "beautiful visuals, brilliantly realized art style, and enjoyable music will put a smile on even the most cynical faces."[9]
In a negative review, David Roberts of GamesRadar+ rated the game 2 and a half stars out of 5, saying the game "just bleeds together into a formless mass of cartoon characters and mediocre action."[10]
